Local News Happenings “100 for $100” features five Lowcountry artists in ARTworks gallery The ‘100 for $100’ art show features work by Deanna Bowdish, Amos Hummell, John Crum, Peggy Carvell, and Stephen Kishel. The opening reception is Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. and the show runs through September 30. The hook? A hundred pieces of art each for $100 or less; larger, more expensive works available as well. All five artists strive to take the viewer beyond the expected, offering a fresh perspective and artistic voice. The show will encompass paintings, mixed media works, jewelry, and sculpture from the surreal to the abstract. All five artists have created their own following and are highly collected locally, regionally and nationally... John Crum will be presenting new never-before-viewed miniatures (4”x4” acrylic paintings on gallery-wrap canvas). At least 30 of this new series entitled “Sailing Among the Clouds” will be available... Amos Hummell’s series is “Missing Poissons” where intersecting arcs trace unseen fish shadowing about. “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach him to paint a fish, he might eat a fish someday, unless of course he’s a vegetarian, which I am.” The textures of the series are a proprietary blend of paint, Bisquick, and 11 secret herbs and spices, crackled in the lemony sunshine Nature uses to create real fish... Deanna Bowdish will fill the ARTworks gallery with an array of small-scale pieces from all four of her unique processes: mixed-media Lowcountry Pop, 3D jelly fish, abstracted acrylics on canvas, cut and sewn paper on canvas, all pursuing vibrancy by playing on the struggle between structure and chaos.... Stephen Kishel brings in much diversity, from small to large pieces, from natural and real to surreal and abstract: a frog on a leaf, peaking birds, as well as the new Star Seeds series, and one new nine-foot tall piece that is “pretty abstract”... Peggy Carvell will present a collection comprised of mechanical and industrial elements along with mixed metals, all fashioned together with rivets— ending in a very unique found-object piece of jewelry. “100 for $100” will be held at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center, 2127 Boundary Street. For more details visit www.beaufortcountyarts.com or call 379-2787.
Studio B Dance Centre opens in Beaufort Studio B Dance Centre (Studio B), owned and operated by Artistic Director Erin Demers, formerly of the Beaufort Academy of Dance, opened at 915 Greene St. in Beaufort and will host a grand opening celebration Saturday from 12-3 p.m. Guests will receive a tour of the studio, mingle with staff and dancers and enjoy light appetizers. Registration for the studio will be held August 20, 21 and at the grand opening on August 22. Studio B may be reached at 470-0141, studiobdancecentre@ gmail.com or http://studiobdancer.com/. Demers, 25, began dancing in Columbia, South Carolina. Her training includes Dance World, Jessica Dominey School of Dance, Beaufort Academy of Dance, The Columbia City Ballet, The South Carolina Dance Conservatory, Hilton Head Dance Theatre, and Madelyn Walker School of Ballet. Demers has studied with some of the top teachers and choreographers in the business and has won many top dance, choreography, and costuming awards and was a Tremaine Scholarship recipient. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Carolina. Faculty of Studio B includes Heather Gwin, a rising teacher and choreographer who has won multiple scholarships and awards at American Dance Projekt, Hollywood Vibe, and Tremaine Dance Conventions and Melissa O’Quinn, Studio B’s ballet mistress who hails from Brazil, where she studied Royal Ballet at the Academia de Ballet Lin Penteado, Campinas.
Applications available for Fall Home & Garden Show next month The Home Builders Association of the Lowcountry is accepting applications for the Fall Home and Garden Show Sept. 25-26. The Home and Garden Show will be under one big tent at the Beaufort Town Center on Boundary Street where businesses will have an opportunity to showcase their product or service. With the remodeling and home improvements industry on the rise, this likely will prove an appealing event to locals. Registration forms can be downloaded at the HBA website, www.beaufort.org, or contact the office at 524-5203 for more details.
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